Verdi: Falstaff

Ambrogio Maestri • Juan Diego Flórez • Barbara Frittoli • Roberto Frontali • Ernesto Gavazzi
Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano - Conductor: Riccardo Muti

This Falstaff performance constituted the high point of the impressive 100th anniversary celebrations of the composer's death.
This recording was made in Busseto, Verdi's birthplace, in the small, 328-seat Teatro Verdi, provided the ensemble of La Scala, Milan, under its principal conductor Riccardo Muti, with a particularly captivating backdrop.
Singers including shooting star Ambrogio Maestri in the title role, exciting young tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Fenton and internationally acclaimed Barbara Frittoli as Alice – gave superb performances.
The special appeal of this production lies not only in the excellent quality of the music; there is also the fact that the scenery and costumes were recreated from a historical performance of 1913.
The lively and witty direction of the young Italian Ruggero Cappuccio combines the historical backdrop with the vitality of modern direction.

Price: $29.98